The PIX 515 is a nice piece of equipment but totally and utterly useless for the R&S lab exam : ) So, get rid of that. You will need 4 switches. Use the 3 3560s you have and 1 3550. You are doing well with the 2801s there...if you can get some more 2800 series routers : ) Are you mimicking our topology? If so, you will need 3x BB routers (these can be junk, 2500, 2600 at the most and you can pick them up on ebay cheap), and 8 other routers. I'd suggest making your frame-relay connected routers the more powerful ones (R2, R4, R5, R6) because they will have the most connections and will also be doing MPLS stuff.
If it is on works budget and if you have them, 2801, 2811, 3825, 1841 are all excellent choices for a lab. If it is your own money coming into play and you are on a budget like most of us, you can do MOST things with the old 3640 routers. Keep in mind you will NOT be able to run 12.4T on those which is what you have in the real lab. They only support up to 12.4 mainline. Also, 2600XM models can stand in quite nicely if you are on a budget. Again, same thing with the IOS, and you will need to max out the RAM and Flash on the 2600XM and 3640 to get the most out of them. So -- If you are on a budget they will work for MOST of your studies, but understand that there will be some things you will be unable to do, and come features you will be unable to test. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings everyone. I've been lurking for a while now and I thought I > should introduce myself since I'll likely start asking a lot of questions as > I get further into preparation for my R&S lab (May 3rd RTP). > > Currently, I'm working on finishing my way through the on demand videos of > the Blended Learning Solution. I hope to have this done by the end of the > month. After that, I'll start working my way through the early labs to see > where I'm deficient. I'm self funded renting rack time is out of the > question. However, I have access to our "hotswap" inventory at work. I've > racked some of it to use as my R&S lab. I also have access to a few more > routers if needed, but they will likely be 1750s. I've considered grabbing a > few and using those as the BB routers since I don't think the configs will > change much from lab to lab on the BB routers. Anyway, here's what I'm > currently working with (from top to bottom in the pic). Pix 515e, (3) 2801, > (3) 3560, (2) 3550. Any suggestions on things to add/remove for the 4.0 lab? > > http://tinypic.com/r/forvm/3 > > Thanks, > Mitch > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > -- Regards, Joe Astorino - CCIE #24347 R&S Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. Cell: +1.586.212.6107 Fax: +1.810.454.0130 Mailto: [email protected]
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